Aside from the medical care I was able to get in the military and as a veteran, I don't have much exposure to "free" healthcare. Since I was usually employed, I paid for health insurance and got the same crappy policy as my coworkers.
If I wasn't married, I'd have no health insurance right now because I am no longer employed. So I would have to go back to the VA, wait in the long lines and pray they call me before the end of the day. If not, I'd have to return the next day and wait again. Since I'm a category C veteran (I was not injured and there wasn't a war happening) I'm at the back of the bus.
The people ahead of me are either veterans with service-connected disabilities (they are treated like gold) or the retired officers (I was enlisted, so I'll be at the back of the line for the rest of my life). Thankfully I get to ride on my wife's insurance.
But I have to think about the majority of Americans who are not veterans. Who is looking out for them? When they lose a job, they also lose health coverage. Sure, they can go to the county/state health department, but it's even worse than the VA and people wait for days just to get an appointment, for which they will wait for hours.
At the moment an American comedian is the only person holding our elected officials accountable for failing to even bring it to the floor for a vote. And we need this so we can find out who supports it, and who doesn't give a shit about us. But they dodge it every time it comes up. And the latest doubletalker is Cortez.
Have a look at Jimmy Dore's treatment of her!
If I wasn't married, I'd have no health insurance right now because I am no longer employed. So I would have to go back to the VA, wait in the long lines and pray they call me before the end of the day. If not, I'd have to return the next day and wait again. Since I'm a category C veteran (I was not injured and there wasn't a war happening) I'm at the back of the bus.
The people ahead of me are either veterans with service-connected disabilities (they are treated like gold) or the retired officers (I was enlisted, so I'll be at the back of the line for the rest of my life). Thankfully I get to ride on my wife's insurance.
But I have to think about the majority of Americans who are not veterans. Who is looking out for them? When they lose a job, they also lose health coverage. Sure, they can go to the county/state health department, but it's even worse than the VA and people wait for days just to get an appointment, for which they will wait for hours.
At the moment an American comedian is the only person holding our elected officials accountable for failing to even bring it to the floor for a vote. And we need this so we can find out who supports it, and who doesn't give a shit about us. But they dodge it every time it comes up. And the latest doubletalker is Cortez.
Have a look at Jimmy Dore's treatment of her!
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